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3-alarm fire tears through home at 199 Laurel Ave., Kearny [Video]
A 3-alarm fire tore through a home at 199 Laurel Ave., Kearny, early Tuesday morning. No…
Ripped awnings, cars damaged & more: NPD
Three incidents involving property damage were reported by owners in different areas of Nutley during…
Part of Franklin Ave., Belleville, to be closed Wednesday for ‘Just a Party’
Franklin Avenue will be closed to all traffic from 3 p.m. to midnight from Joralemon St.…
Suspected car burglars nabbed: NPD
NUTLEY – Nutley police have arrested and charged two — a 22-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy — after catching…
Correction
A story about the fish exchange program in The Observer’s Aug. 26 issue contained two errors.…
A Heaven ¢entopportunity
KEARNY – Many have been in a situation like this one — especially since 2009 when the Great Recession…
Displaced flag poles & more: NPD
A Washington Ave. resident told police he found two, 7-foot metal poles with American flags attached to them on his lawn…
Bras, other undergarments taken from resident’s laundry: NPD
An Adams Court resident in Nutley lost several bras, gym pants, socks and other undergarments on Aug. 16 and…
Nutley police arrest man suspected of breaking into Romano St. home
The Nutley Police Department has arrested a man they say is responsible for an Aug. 4…
NA schools update start-of-year procedures
The following updated press release came to us after the last edition of The Observer was…
Kearny actor featured in NYC production
If you’ve been a long-time reader of this newspaper, you’ve no doubt, at one point or another, read a…
Tombstone ID found and you’re not going to believe whose it was
Nutley police have finally learned who the mystery headstone with the name Max Ferreira, age 8,…
Inclement weather cancels tonight’s concert in NA
Tonight's concert at Riverside County Park has been canceled because of inclement weather. It will instead…
Tombstone mysteriously winds up at Nutley bus depot on Washington Ave.; police looking for family
Police are trying to figure out how a tombstone with an engraving on it made its…